KABUL, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- A total of 102 militants were killed and 44 others wounded when Afghan security forces launched wide-scale operations against militants over the past 24 hours, the country's Defense Ministry said Thursday.
"Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) have conducted 16 clean up operations and 20 special operations in 15 provinces of Afghanistan's 34 provinces since early Wednesday, killing 102 insurgents and injuring 44 others," the ministry said the statement.
The ANDSF also destroyed militants' two vehicles and five motorcycles and defused 12 rounds of landmines over the period, according to the statement.
The Afghan forces have beefed up security operations against militants as the war-weary people are facing upsurges in attacks by Taliban and Islamic State (IS) militants across the country. However, the militants responded by armed attacks and bombings.
On early Thursday morning, 43 Afghan army soldiers were killed and nine others wounded after Taliban attacked an army camp in southern Kandahar province.
